sexual assault

The conference features training from experts in law enforcement, health care, victim advocacy, mental health and trauma.

A closer look at school budgets across the state, a cookbook combining midwestern and Middle Eastern food sensibilities, the appearance of racist billboards across metro Detroit, and the lingering effects of Detroit's rape kit backlog.

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the lingering repercussions of Detroit's rape kit backlog. It examines how Terance Calhoun's wrongful imprisonment for a serial rapist's crimes ended up claiming multiple victims.

This is the first of a two-part series about the lingering effects of Detroit's rape kit backlog. Here, one survivor tells her story of working with investigators years after her assault.

A bill heard in a Michigan House committee Tuesday aims to give sexual assault survivors the right to have support during the investigation process.

The continued investigation into the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Center, new rules for how schools evaluate teachers, and the growing drone show industry in Michigan.

The investigation began nearly two years ago amid allegations by Chatfield’s former sister-in-law that he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. He denies the allegations. The investigation reportedly expanded to include Chatfield’s campaign finances.

The laws are largely the product of lessons learned from the case of convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar.

The survivors outlined a handful of civil lawsuits against the Michigan-based ecumenical society The Servants of the Word and its umbrella organization, The Sword of the Spirit.

A Michigan House committee is holding a hearing Tuesday on a bill to end an exception in state law that could provide a legal defense for rape in a marriage.